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v BY@WM%M A TTORNEYS Patented May 14, 1935 PATENT, OFFICE KITCHENCABINET Carl B. Parsons, Detroit, Mich.

Application July 21, 1930, Serial No. 469,290

Renewed January 18, 1933 Claims.

My invention relates to an improved kitchen cabinet.

An object is to provide a kitchen cabinet particularly adapted for smallapartments wherein 5 it is essential to provide the maximum offacilities within the minimum amount of space, and wherein it is alsonecessary to provide a cabinet of attractive appearance, and wherein itis desired to provide a cabinet which may be assembled and placed inposition in the room without being built in at the time of theconstruction of the room.

'Another object is the provision of a cabinet of this type fabricatedfrom sheet metal which adapts itself to quantity production at low costand which lends itself readily to the manufacturing processes which makefor a strong, sturdy cabinet having an attractive appearance. My cabinetis so constructed and arranged as to provide for the accommodation of arefrigerating unit, a suitable stove of any character desired and anoven, a sink, and considerable storage space for various materials. Theentire assemblage of units is compactly arranged within a unitarycabinet. The construction of my improved cabinet is such that thoughrelatively light in weight and employing a. minimum amount of materialit is of unusual strong and sturdy construction so as tosupport thevarious devices with which it is provided.

A meritorious feature resides in the provision of a unitary channelfoundation frame which carries the top and bottom and side wall panelsand also the doors and which forms the foundation support for the entirecabinet. A secondary feature is the bracing of this frame so as toprovide secondary supports for the devices carried by the cabinet.Another meritorious feature is the mounting and support for the sink andstove with which the cabinet is equipped.

Various other important advantages will more fully appear from thefollowing description, appended claims, and accompanying drawingswherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of my improved cabinet,

, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1,

"Figs. 3 and 4 are fragmentary horizontal sectional views taken on.lines 3-3 and 4-4 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view,

Fig. 6 is a perspective of the drain board,

Fig. 7 is a perspective of the cabinet element which carries the sinkand stove,

Fig. 8 is a perspective of a portion of the refrigerating enclosure,

Fig. 9 is an elevation of a support member,

Fig. 10 is a perspective of the cabinet wall structure disassembled, and

Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken on the line Ill-4i of Fig. 10.

In building a metal cabinet of this type adapted to carry the number ofdevices with which my cabinet is equipped, it is very necessary that 10the construction be of such a character that these several devices willbe supported in such manner that the weight will be so distributed asnot to cause the cabinet to sag and that the cabinet will have such arigid construction that all 15 the movable parts, such as the drawersand doors, will function readily. I provide as a foundation base for myimproved cabinet a rectangular channel frame 20 of unitary constructionbeing formed of v metal channel sections welded together and 20 providedwith an upper transverse channel brace 22 and two lower transverse.channel brace mem-' bars 24 and a vertical channel brace member 26. Theside walls 28 are formed of sheet metal and each has an inturned flange30 along its forward 25 edge which is received within the uprights ofthe channel frame 20, as shown in Fig. 3, and is welded in place. Thebottom panel 32 is formed with end flanges M which are received betweenthe side wall members 28 and welded thereto.

The back panel 36 is formed with side flanges 38 received between theside walls 28 and welded thereto as shown more particularly in Fig. 3.The top panel 40 has a downwardly deflected portion 42 which terminatesin an anchor edge M that is 35 received within the channel member 22, asshown in Fig. 2, and at the rear this channel has a turned up flange 46which is welded, or otherwise secured, to the rear channel 36, asillustrated particularly in Fig. 2. This top panel has end a flanges 48which are secured to the side walls 28. A shelf 50 is provided in thecompartment formed by the downwardly deflected portion 42 of the toppanel and swingingdoors 52 are hinged to the channel frame to close thiscompartment.

A refrigerating unit is disposed within one of the lower corners of thecabinet and a plate member 54, as shown in Fig. 8, extends along oneside and over the top thereof and has flanges 56 which may be welded tothe bottom'and side panels. The refrigerating unit may be suitablyinsulated as shown in Fig. 4. The plate 54 serves as a support for apairof standard or supporting elements 58 which have legs 60 that rest uponthe top wall of the element 54 and grooves 62 which form ways for themovement of the drawer 64 which is slidably supported therein as shownin Figs. 1 and particularly. Tray 66 is slidably supported in wayspositioned immediately above the ways for the drawer so that the trayslides underneath the stove grate and serves as a protection to preventdirt falling into the drawer and may be entirely removed and placed overthe grate to serve as a drain board. Drawer 64 has an auxiliary drawer65 carried therein. A partitioning sheet 61 is positioned adjacent theungrooved side of right hand member 58, as indicated in Fig. 1.

The upper end of the element 58 serves as a support for the tray-likestructure shown in Fig;

7 which has a bottom 68 cut away as at 1.0 to receive the grill, orgrate, of the stove and as at I2 to receive the bowl 14 of the sinkwhich is provided with a suitable outlet pipe 16. The traylike structureshown in Fig. 'I has-side walls and end walls 18 and a side wall 80which are secured to the bottom thereof. It will appear that the ends ofthe bottom of this tray-like structure are turned upwardly formingflanges 83 which bear againstshoulders formed on the end walls 1 8,which shoulders lap over the flanges shown in such Fig. 7 of thedrawings, and that the rear wall 80 has a rearwardly projecting flangeportion 82 which rests upon an upwardly turned flange 83 at the rear ofthe bottom element 68. The flanges prevent leakage or splashing of waterover the sink. The bottom element 68 has an upwardly projecting rib 84along its forward edge so that any water which may be spilled thereoverwill not run off but will run into thesink basin 14. The end wall 18 andback wall 80 are flared outwardly at their upper margins as at 86 torest against the side and back walls of the cabinet. These outwardlyflared portions may be perforated as at 88 to permit passage of air.

In the cabinet structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2 there is a water faucetconnection 90 suitably disposed with respect to the basin 14. There is astove grate, or grill, 92 and suitable burners 94, as shown in Fig. 5.Positioned above the stove grate is the stove oven 96. A gas pipe lineis shown at 98 leading thereto. Suitable shelves I00 are arrangedalongside of the oven. The space immediately underneath the sink basinis closed by a hinged grill door I02 and doors I04 and I06 are hinged tothe upright sections of the channel frame to close the space immediatelyabove the sink and stove. The space alongside of the refrigerating unitand underneath the sink is provided with shelves I09 and a door H0.

My cabinet as herein described forms a compact unit which includes alarge number of kitchen accessories and devices and provides considerable storage space for mechandise. It is readily positioned as acomplete unit in any desired place and occupies a minimum amount ofspace and is itself an attractive cabinet structure.

What I claim:

1. A cabinet structure of the character described comprising arectangular unitary channel steel frame, side panels, a bottom panel anda top panel, each of said panels secured to the channel steel frame, aback panel secured to the top and bottom and side panels, said channelframe provided with an intermediate transverse channel frame section, atray-like structure receivable within said cabinet and provided with abottom portion the forward edge of which engages said intermediatetransverse channel frame section, means arranged within the cabinet forsupporting said tray-like structure adjacent its ends; projectingflanges around the remaining three edges thereof, side walls and backwall extending upwardly from the said flanges, said side walls and backwall being flared outwardly at the top into engagement with the sidewalls and back wall of the cabinet. 1

2. A cabinet structure of the character described comprising arectangular. unitary channel steel frame, side panels, a bottom paneland a top panel, each of said panels secured to the channel steel frame,a back panel secured to the top and bottom and side panels, said channelframe provided with an intermediate transverse channel frame section, atray-like structure receivable within said cabinet consisting of abottom portion and two side walls and a back wall extending upwardlyfrom said bottom portion and flared outwardly into engagement wit theside walls and back wall of the cabinet, said bottom portion beingprovided with one opening for a stove grate and a second opening for asink bowl,

a stove grate receivable over the flrst mentioned opening, a sink bowlreceivable through the last named opening and having an outwardly flaredmargin engageable with the margin of said openmg.

3. In combination with a cabinet structure of the character described, ahorizontal element fixedly positioned therein, a supporting memberrested upon said horizontal member, and a traylike unit having an openfront positioned upon said supporting member, the three walls of saidtray-like unit being spaced inwardly from the walls of said cabinetstructure and flared at the top around the periphery thereof to engagesaid cabinet walls.

4. In combination with a cabinet structure of the character described, ahorizontal element fixedly positioned therein, a supporting memberrested upon said horizontal member, and a traylike unit having an openfront positioned upon said supporting member, the three walls of saidtray-like unit being spaced inwardly from the walls of said cabinetstructure and flared at the top around the periphery thereof to engagesaid cabinet walls, said supporting member being provided withhorizontal groovesacross the width thereof adapted to act as guides fora slidable member positioned below said tray.

5. In combination with a cabinet structure of the character described, ahorizontal element fixedly positioned therein, a supporting memberrested upon said horizontal member, and a tray like unit having an openfront positioned upon said supporting member, the three walls of saidtray like unit being spaced inwardly from the walls of said cabinetstructure and flared at the top around the periphery thereof to engagesaid cabinet walls, said flared portion along the rear wall of said traylike member being provided with spaced apart openings to permit thepassage of air upwardly between the cabinet wall and the tray wall.

CARL B. PARSONS.

